Broadleaved woodland near Lewisham 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.45983, -0.01383
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Cafe Inn — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Cafe Inn — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 501 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Lewisham : footbridge over River Ravensbourne
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Wildlife to spot
44,862 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 44,862 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Robin · Blue Tit +37
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Juniper Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Rose Chafer +4
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis pertinax Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Cord-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 44,862 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Robin · Blue Tit +37
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Juniper Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Rose Chafer +4
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis pertinax Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Cord-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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